Low-side metal gondola car.



N. 834,004. PATENTBD 00T.23, 19o6 RLDODDS.

Low SIDE METAL GoNDoLA GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AJULYf. 190i?. 2 BHEETS SHEETYL PATENTED 00T. 23, 1906. E. I. DODDS. LOW SIDE METAL GONDOLA GAR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6. 1905.

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ETHN I. DODDS, OF PULLMAN, Allililbl UNITED .sririns Ernni COMPANY, OFCHlCAGO, ILLINOIS. el tJORPORATION OF lLLINOlS.

l Specification of Letters 'atent.

Low-sinisiviETAi. common-A CAR;

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

Application tiled July 6,1905. Serial Noi 268,304.

i 'Too/ZZ whom 'iima-y concern: I

lBe it known that I, ETI-IAN l. Donns, a citizen of the United States, residing 'at Pullman,

Vcounty of Cook, and State oi lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Low-Side Metal Gondola Cars, ot

. which the following is .i specification.

gondola cars.

vpassing through the licor-plates 9.

My invention relates to the construction of sheet-metal cars, and is especially directed to improvements in plate-gir/lei" sides for steel vOne object of the inventiiiiii is to einploy a `strongoo r'istruction involving comparatively ksmall parts which can be easily removed and lreplaced incase they are marred, bent, or otherwise injured. I

' vAnother object iste use nii-ital'plates of standard size, and by so doing I can manu-y facturea car -rnore economically than has been usual and. at the sainetinie reduce its weight. l

' Referringto the accompanying drawings,

illustrating one embodiment of my inven# tion, and which torni a part of this specii'icaf ,f tion, Figure'i, represents a plan view of a cai" constructed according to my invention; fa Vportion of the car being shown `in sedtion,

Fig. 2 is a pare,y tial side elevation and vpartial loi'igitudinal illustrating the underfranie.

central section on vthe line A A o'lFig, l. Fig. Sis an end elevation of a car. Fig'. 4 is a section on the line B B, lig. l` Fig. 5 is a section on the line C C, Fig. 1. y

Referring to Figi. l, lil represent center channel-sills spaced apart by the short channelsections 2, the 'center sills extending through the body-bolsters 8, s'o as to'leave l sulicient stock to which the draft-sills 3 may be riveted, the latter being secured to the face-plate 4. The end sills comprise two channel members 5 5, riveted at their inner ends to the face-plate and fastened at their outer ends to the cornerpieces 6, each of which comprises a channel-beam whose web has been bent to an angle of ninety degrees.

`The loor-plates 9 extend from side to side of the car and areriveted to the flanges of the cross-bearers 7v and body-bolsters 8. The longitudinal strengthening-plate l() is riveted to the flanges of the center sills, the rivets The crosslate 11 isfastened to the flanges ofthe body-bolster, Vits rivets also passing through the flooreplates. .The end floor-platesare` `'i'ilates 20mn longer yconnect the iiieiiibei l5 and the depressed ycentral,portion of 'ille tciisioii-bcain i6. f'willbcxiioted that by this construction the plates l5) do not cover the entire space bc' asits cost. The side Viilatcs l stitliened by the diagonal angle-bars 12, riveted. to 'the Linder side thereof. The angle- -bars 1,3 and. lil extend aloiii the side and end oil the floor and are l'zisteii'ed to the latterv and to the side and end plates. The compression. angle-bars l5 are provided as a coping at the upper edge of each side, and the lower tension aiiglcebeam 16 comprises l'ioiizoiital end and central portions and'iiiterm'ediate inclined portions. The beaifii 1.6 is -niade in two parte and is spliced at 17, as is sliowii in liig. 2. 'flic side stakes 8, which are T-shaped iii cross-section, with the outer llang'e tapering, as shown in Figs. Il and 5, are riveted to the iipijiei' compression anglebar 'li-"rand to the .lower tension-beam lou size, are iastciicd to tlic iiieiiilicis i At the central vpoition ol the.

y,..i'i'i tlic plate,

i9 arid llt tx'ifeeii the bei: l5 and the inclined portion of the tension-beam lo. but leave spaces, as is shown in Fig. By siicli a construction l Assienon "ro THE PULLMAN.,

am enabled to use side plates et a .standard I size without any cutting and at tliesaiiie time to reduce the weight ol' tlie car as well it? and 2O are sufficiently long so as to #over the ends of the erossbcarers or ilyiii iisoiiis 7 and to protect them 'from side sa cops. i

The needle I-beaii'is are fastened to the sides ot the car by means oi the angle-plates 24. and it to be noted that they are not secured to the lower llaiiges oi the center sills, this construction being clearly shown A car constructed as described above has 'veryI rigid sides perpendicnlarly as well as.

vious that any portion of the structure cai be easily removed so as to be repaired or placed, necessitating a dismantling or' only a small portion of the car. lt is also obvious that various mechanical modificati ons in the details ot construction may he made without departing from the principle of niy invention,

and I therefore do not Wish to be understood as limiting rnyseli` strictly to the precise details of construction hereinhcfore set forthsubstantially as described.

2. A plate-girder side for a railway-car having 'an upper longitudinal har, e lower longitudinal tension-liar with horizontal end and central parts and intermediate inclined 1 arts, side stakes connecting said upper and oWer hars, metal plates fastened to said l u per bar, to a portion of' said side stakes,

.and t0 the central horizontal part of said lower tension-har, and other nieta] plates of equal height, hut of a less height than said central plates, fastened to said upper har end to the remaining side stakes, a portion ol said latter plates being also fastened to the end horizontal parts ci said lower tensiorrbar, substantially as described.

3. ln a railway-car, the combination of crossbearers, and a platefgirder side en upper longitudinal har, s lower longitudinal tensionbar with horizontal end and een tral parts .and intermediate inclined. ports, side stakes connecting said-upper and lower hars, metal plates fastened to said upper har, to a portion o said side stakes', end to the central horizontal' part'of said lower tensionhar, and other metal plates of equal height, but of" a less height than said central plates, fastened to said upper bar and to the remaining side strikes, a portion of said latter plates being elso Jasteued to the end horizontal parts of said lower tension-bar, saidinetal plates covering the ends of said cross-bearers, substantially as described.

e. ln arailwaycar, the combination of cross-bearers, and a plategirder side having an upper longitudinal angle-bar, a. lower 1ongitudinal spliced tension angle-bar with horizontal end and cent ral parts and intermediate inclined parts, side stakes connecting said upper and lower hors, rectangular metal plates fastened to said upper bar, to a portion of said side stakes, and to the central horizontal part oi said lower tension-har, and other rectangular nietel plates of equal height, hut of f1` less height than said central plates, v.hastened to said upper bar and to the reni aining side stakes, a portion of said latter plates being also fastened to the end horizontal parts of said lower tension-har, seid metal plates covering the ends of' said cross-bearers, substantially as described..

5, The combination of a ciu` having bodybolsters and cross-hearers7 with a plate-girdcr .tor the car comprising an upper anglehar, i. spliced tension englobar having hori- Zonta] and inclined portions, side stakes conthe upper and tension hars, and side plates, all of which latter are rectangular and cover the ends of the cross-bearers, substantially as described.

3.v A pls-le-girder side for a car, comprising an upper angle-her, a lower tension angle-bar having horizontal and inclined portions, .side stakes connectingsaid upper end lower hairs, and rectangular side plates connected to the upper anglebar, to the horizontal portions of the lower tension-har and to the side stakes, and other rectangular side plates shove said inclined portions of the -lower tcnsiorbbar connected to the upper angle-bar and to the side stakes, substantially as described.

ETl-IAN l. DilDDS Witnesses:

SAMUEL N. Potin, Fi EDERICK C. GOODWIN. A 

